To promote regional coordination along the institutional value chainamong producers, food hubs, midscale processors, traditional and new distribution channels, procurement officials, and institutional and governmental decisionmakersin order to increase the share of the regions institutional market that New England farms…
To test market frozen and lightly processed produce from local farms to area institutions, including schools, preschools/daycares, hospitals, universities, and senior meal sites.
To purchase nutritious food items from Maine producers, making more fresh, local food available for hungry and food-insecure residents and creating new revenue sources for Maine farmers and food producers.
To continue developing a planning process for the future of Maines food system, and to connect that process with those underway in the other five New England states and for the region as a whole.
To ensure that Maine farmers and food producers are able to increase production, particularly in Aroostook County, New Englands largest farming land base, as demand grows for healthy, sustainable, and organic food throughout the region, particularly in southern New England.
To create a strategic food system security plan for Massachusetts.
To support the release and distribution of the “New England Food Vision” throughout New England.
To support implementation of elements of the ten-year Farm-to-Plate strategic plan to develop Vermonts food system, including providing development and training for its member organizations, and conducting communication and outreach to connect with the Vermonters who are still unaware of…
To provide general support.
To develop tools that aid farmers and farm purchasers in making transactions that keep farmland accessible and in food production.